Patents by Inventor Michael V. Hatzikazakis

Michael V. Hatzikazakis has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 5170818
    Abstract: A safety valve including a brass valve body having a through bore provided with a circular sharp-edged valve seat and another sharp edge. A valve stem carrying a ball valve and a biasing spring disposed in the through bore. A cap member screwed through onto the brass valve body and causing the ball valve to be seated on the sharp-edged valve seat and causing the ball valve to be positioned in close proximity to the other sharp edge. A plurality of radially vent holes formed in the brass valve body for venting fluid pressure to atmosphere when the ball valve becomes unseated from the sharp-edged valve seat. A lock nut for locking the cap member in position and a spring pin carried by the valve stem to permit the ball valve to be manually opened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 1991
    Date of Patent: December 15, 1992
    Assignee: Westinghouse Air Brake Company
    Inventor: Michael V. Hatzikazakis
  • Patent number: 5154204
    Abstract: A pneumatically actuated drain valve device for venting the moisture in an air dryer to atompshere including a rolling diaphragm for linearly moving a piston stem assembly to unseat a spring and pressure biased stainless steel ball valve from its conically shaped valve seat to permit the collected moisture in an accumulation chamber to pass through a sintered exhaust muffler to the atmosphere.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 1991
    Date of Patent: October 13, 1992
    Assignee: Westinghouse Air Brake Company
    Inventor: Michael V. Hatzikazakis
  • Patent number: 5035582
    Abstract: A fluid governor including an electric motor for driving a fluid compressor and causing a build-up of pressure in a storage reservoir, pressure switch responsive to the pressure in the storage reservoir, electromagnetic solenoid valve connected to the pressure switch, a pneumatically operated electrical contact controller pneumatically connected to the magnetic solenoid valve for causing the pneumatically operated electrical contact controller to be connected to the storage reservoir when the pressure in the storage reservoir exceeds a first predetermined value to deenergize the electric motor and for causing the pneumatically operated electrical contact controller to be connected to atmosphere when the pressure in the storage reservoir drops to a second predetermined value to energize the electric motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 1990
    Date of Patent: July 30, 1991
    Assignee: American Standard Inc.
    Inventors: John B. Carroll, Michael V. Hatzikazakis